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Xulfi
 ZULFIQAR JABBAR KHAN a.k.a XULFI  [ September 11th, 2004 ]

Role in band: Lead Guitars / Vocals /
Compositions

Birth: 28th October, 1980

Instrument: Guitar, Keyboard
and Drums.
Guitars (electric)
- Essex SLP STD
- Washburn KC600
- Grand Prix

Guitars (electric acoustic)
-ESSEX MJG28C

Keyboards
- a Casio CT-680 (that was gifted to me by Khurram Bhai 11 years ago, and so was the Washburn KC600 mentioned in the guitar list, gifted 2 years ago)

One doesn't need to have an instrument in this era of music to compose. Therefore all of the compositions Fawad and I do involve computer usage at some point (for example, in drums, keyboards or orchestral sequencing).

Accessories
BOSS ME30 - with expression pedal (wah-wah & whammy)
Behringer VAMP (for Amp/Cabinet modeling)
EBOW - electronic bow/sustainer for the guitar.

Education: BS in computer science from the National University of Computers and Emerging Sciences, Lahore (famously known as FAST)

Key words: stubborn, adamant and a workaholic.

Influences: Adam Jones (Tool), Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins/Zwan), Billy Howerdel (A Perfect Circle), [all are composers/guitarists], Peter Gabriel, Tori Amos.

Other: Get tense easily. Still a little afraid of the dark. Highly emotional Swallowed his first pill at the age of 20. Learnt driving this year.
Jumpy [Underground Media] - : Name?.

Xulfi:
Zulfiqar Jabbar Khan
 
Jumpy: Age?

Xulfi: 24

Jumpy: Date of Birth?

Xulfi:
28th October, 1979

Jumpy: Place of Birth?

Xulfi:
Lahore
 
Jumpy: Profession?

Xulfi:
Musician and Composer, Music Producer for my own band as well as other upcoming bands, Video Director

Jumpy: Hobbies?

Xulfi:
Playing table tennis, Watching TV, specially HBO & WWE, chatting on the net, playing the guitar, going out with friends and above all, having PIZZA : )

Jumpy: Education?

Xulfi:
Computer Science Graduate (by the start of next year) from FAST-NU, Lahore.
 
Jumpy: Music Equipments?

Xulfi: SX SLP STD Electric Guitar (Les Paul shape)
SX Electric Acoustic
Behringer VAMP
BOSS ME30
Washburn KC600 electric guitar.
S101 electric guitar (les paul shape)
and Washburn WI66V electric guitar
Grand Prix Electric guitar.
Harmony Bass Guitar
And Chinese speakers + amplifier, got them made from Hall Road in Lahore ; )
I only play the ones I love the most.
u have seen the electric acoustic and the electric ones in Aghosh's video.
and the s101 guitars plus the Washburn WI66V
these are new guitars
u will see them in concerts and videos from February onwards

Jumpy: How long you have been involved in the music scene?

Xulfi:
Since I was 12, Khurram (my elder bro and EP's manager) bought me a Casio keyboard. and while playing it, I discovered my love and aptitude for music. Then, Danish, (my elder bro and the lyricist of IRTIQA III), exposed me to the world of NCA i.e. National College of Arts at the age of 13.He asked me to compose music for a theatrical performance in MIME. he was the head of this theatre group known as Undraap Nexus in NCA. So , that's how I started creating my own music. then CALL, my first band came into existence. having me as the songwriter and the keyboardist (and a guitarist as well in the future), Omer Pervaiz as the lead guitarist and co-songwriter, Khurram on drums, Shehzad Hameed on bass guitars and Danish on Vocals and he was the lyricist as well. Then, As I ventured more into music creation, I realized that I need to play some other instrument as well besides keyboards, so I started to play guitars and didn't learn it from anyone, just applied the music theory I knew from my keyboard playing experience to the guitar and the rest came itself. In the same way, I started playing drums too. And how I started in drums is a pretty interesting episode. A friend, and a guitarist, Ahsan Fida Khan, did not have a drummer in his band PROZAC. He asked me if I would like to play drums for him. I got really excited and decided to give the drums a try. In a week's practice, I was playing quite decently...Then, we did a concert...

the band PROZAC had me on drums..

Ali Zafar on vocals.

Jamshed Atray on Keyboards and Vocals

Ahsan Fida Khan on lead guitars..

then, how Paradigm came into existence is something everyone know so I'll end my answer here


Jumpy:
What inspires you while making music?

Xulfi:
Moments and Experiences. Mostly, moments and experiences. sometimes, arguments with friends. sometimes, a break up or something...I am as normal as u people are, therefore, my moments aren't anything that you guys wouldn't have experienced, but yes, I make sure that my way of expressing these moments and experiences is special and rare, something that inspires the listener and engrossing him/her into a moment, an experience that I had lived through and expressed in that very piece of music. and one more thing, my frequent discussions with my brother Danish on everything. be it art, be it music, be it any thing. they inspire me and provide me with food of thought..
 
Jumpy: Your new video "Aagosh" is now being aired on music channels rather frequently. What's the concept behind this video?
 
Xulfi: The concept was described in absolute detail at the forum

Jumpy:
How has your experience been in the Pakistani media so far?

Xulfi:
If you are talking about the mainstream music scene, then it has been kind of a mixed experience. Audience is more interested in faces than they are in music. That's how mainstream goes. Music suddenly becomes secondary in mainstream. But things are changing now. People have actually started to 'listen' to music which is good for a musician like me who strives on what music he creates. It was different in the underground. I felt like a kid there and that was fun actually. Being a kid is always fun The way it worked in underground was like keh there were only a few concerts here and there. so we used to work like crazy. now, the schedule has become tougher i.e. in the mainstream...more concerts and then, special appearances. and stuff like that life has become different. things have changed. but one thing has remained the same. nvi still love music the same way I used to love it infect, I love it even more now! and it feels so great that thousands of people in our country like my music too.  

Jumpy: How far do you see Pakistani media extend itself?

Xulfi: Pakistani media is flourishing really nicely now. But, one thing that I have been saying over and over again is that people need to mature. the listener as well as the musicians. the musicians keep churning out the same stuff, earn some money, go into hibernation, and then come back again, and churn out more and the same kind of music and that too with session musicians (i.e. not playing the stuff themselves)...and the listener keeps loving them so that basically occupies the space for any new aspiring musician or band which wants or desires to do something different...I wish that the listener can comprehend the difference between original, creative. and substandard, ordinary.

Jumpy: What we can expect from "Entity Paradigm" in the future?

Xulfi:
A second album by the end of December
Lots of new videos.
Lots of concerts : )
and a full fledged marketing campaign....


Jumpy: How was the experience with Mekaal Hassan?

Xulfi:
It was rough at the start, but things smoothed out after sometime. One needs to understand the psyche of the person he or she is working with It was difficult to understand how he worked at the start but as time went on, I understood somewhat. And then, he understood me too : ) he finally understood how serious I am about making Irtiqa sound better than any other album ever released in Pakistan and then, it all became really nice and work became easy.

Jumpy: You guys were the new "Super Sitaras" on IM. How was that experience?

Xulfi:
That was really nice and fun! It was good cause we didn't ACT in any of those episodes. We behaved as we would do in any situation without the camera so we were natural and normal. That made it more fun I suppose
 
Jumpy: How come "Rap" is in only 4 songs?

Xulfi: Well, first, people were saying there is so much rap in our songs and now when there isn't much in the rest of the album, then people have come up with a new question....anyways, that's how it all happened in reality. RAP was a part of our thought while composing the first half of the album, but as the album progressed, the thought process changed
 
Jumpy: What comes first. The Music or Lyrics?
 
Xulfi: depends. sometimes, I come up with a melody that I fall in love with instantly, in that case, I wont discard that melody cause I don't have the lyrics. Infect, I would write something or would ask someone else to write something that goes with the melody. and sometimes, lyrics are written already and I make the composition according to that. and sometimes, both things work at the same time for different parts of the song.
 
Jumpy: What do you think about other Pakistani artists?
 
Xulfi: everyone is doing their bit in order to improve the music scene in Pakistan. But I suggest a bit of unconventionalism in their compositions and music wont hurt anyone.
 
Jumpy: Where do you see yourself 10 from now?
 
Xulfi: I am not much of a planner. I like to go with the flow. But yes, I do have some aims that I want to achieve, some things that I want to discover. Want to be the top producer of music in Pakistan, and an influential artist worldwide. There are so many other aims. But I would like to keep the answer short
 
Jumpy: Favorite musicians (Pakistani)
 
Xulfi: there is no Pakistani musician who inspires me, But yes, there are some real good artists that I would like to mention. Rohail Hayat, Adnan Sami Khan, Sajjad Ali.
 
Jumpy: Favorite musicianss (Other)?
 
Xulfi: Peter Gabriel
 
Jumpy: Favorite songs (Pakistani)?
 
Xulfi: tera chehra by adnan sami khan (ii wouldn't ever call adnan sami an Indian, so for me, its a Pakistani song and I like it a lot.) and yeah tera chehra (the one without percussions, just on piano and violins)
 
Jumpy: Favorite songs (Other)?
 
Xulfi: Stink fist by Tool
Three Libras by A Perfect Circle
Signal to Noise by Peter Gabriel
let me think of more.
Ridiculous Thoughts by The Cranberries
Fragile Dreams by Anathema
Amnesia by Toad the Wet Sprocket
Where do we go from here by Filter
Bombay Theme by AR Rehman
Soma by The Smashing Pumpkins
and
Pretty Good Year by Tori Amos
umm, well there are many more, but right now, these are the ones that I can think of right now.
 
Jumpy: What do you think about "Jumpy"?
 
Xulfi: Jumpy is doing a great job in the promotion of the young artistes of the nation. Keep it up Jumpy! Way to go!
 
Jumpy: Final comments?
 
Xulfi: Life is too short to live in depression. Keep smiling and enjoy this precious gift of life from God to its fullest.

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